Bogle Coal CompanyBogle No. 3 Mine Explosion

Jacksonville, Indiana
December 3, 1919
No. Killed – 6

Six Killed!
Washington Gazette, Indiana
December 5, 1919

Clinton, Ind., Dec. 3. -- Six men were killed and three seriously injured in an explosion at the Bogle Coal Mine No. 3 at Jacksonville late today. All of the men were either mine officers or employees in the office of the company, who, in attempting to get out coal to maintain fires under the boilers, set off a badly prepared blast.

The mine has been closed because of the strike.

The dead are:

John Stark, of Terre Haute

Herbert Campbell, of Clinton

Joe Robertson, of Clinton, all the above office men

F. G. Stephens, of Terre Haute, civil engineer

Charles Watson, of Clinton, assistant mine boss

John Logsdon, of Terre Haute, room boss

The mine was not badly damaged by the explosion, it was said, and little difficulty was encountered in removing the injured and the bodies of the dead.